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spreadsheet tycoon

An entrepreneur who falsely believes, based on his own naive financial projections, that he will get rich.
Did you see Bob's stupid new business plan? The guy is a spreadsheet tycoon.
spreadsheet tycoon by Ho Sun Yan October 9, 2008

Spreadsheet Monkey 

Someone who gets roped into doing extensive data analysis - usually on behalf of a superior who isn't smart enough to do the work himself.
I was supposed to go to the convention but I got roped into being a spreadsheet monkey instead
Spreadsheet Monkey by Chigger23 August 11, 2008

Spreadsheet 

A sheet, towel or other linen laid out over existing bed linens or over carpeting for the purpose of have sex and to protect the underlying fabrics from sexual fluid stains.
Maggie refused to have sex and risk squirting all over her Sferra Milos Sheet Set so she made her husband go to Walmart to by a spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet by Eaton Holgoode January 25, 2016

Management by Spreadsheet 

An micromanagement technique whereby the micromanager generates an infinite stream of spreadsheets, mostly containing a hodgepodge of data, each purported to document and store a specific part of an employee's work output.

The employee is required to fill out blanks in the spreadsheet instead of remaining engaged in useful work.

The intent of the micromanager is to to attain control over all knowledge, gaining a sense of omnipotence. The inevitable end result is that spreadsheet maintenance becomes the only work performed.
Today I'm filling out one of his spreadsheets documenting my hourly work output. I'm really getting tired of Management by Spreadsheet.

spreadsheetmanship 

Of, or pertaining to the level of skill and talent one posesses in regards to creating, editing, and formatting spreadsheets. Generally, someone with good spreadsheetmanship will employ effective colors combinations, fonts, and cell spacing to create a readable, functioning spreadsheet.
"Her spreasheet was easy to read and understand due to her excellent spreadsheetmanship."

"His spreadsheetmanship sucks. The colors were awful, and the cells were too small."
spreadsheetmanship by S Peterson August 6, 2008

spreadsheetize 

To input data into a spreadsheet from a non-standard data format. Typically used when exporting data from an e-mail inbox, so that further actions may be taken on the information.
John was overwhelmed by all of the data that had come in to him via numerous individual e-mails, until he realized he could spreadsheetize the e-mails and save himself an hour of processing work. John was very pleased with his spreadsheetizing abilities and his boss gave him a big raise!
spreadsheetize by N. N. January 14, 2008
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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